You're absolutely right. He's conducting business like a businessman. We're so used to the way these cutthroat coaches do business that we see that as the way it should be.
I give the CIS board an analogy: I have an uncle who is a playas playa, LadiesMan 101 lol. He's honest with his lady friends... instead of lying/deceiving he simply gives them the choice of being "friends" and accepting his lack of commitment or agree to to disagree and go ur separate ways with dignity and respect for one another. So he's like how i'm a dog nephew, I keep it real w/them, they don't know personal specs but they know I see other women.....I tell him, unc ur still a dog mane, just more like a "Puppy that walks up to you and ****es on your leg....LOL....most ppl see that and they like what the heck, this dog just peed on me, and shoo it away, no harm no foul".....whereas most guys want the chick to think they the only one etc etc etc.....difference is how bad the woman gets hurt because the outcome is still the same, they want the dude to themselves and didn't get that so they hurt.....BUT they don't feel like a Doberman just got done ripping them to shreds either.
Manny is a dog, just not the kind of dog we're accustomed to seeing in CFB. Let's give the man a chance and let him work.